Wow: Nick Arciniaga is huge Star Wars fan - Already seen new movie twice and original 100 times.Can anyone top that?

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    rojo

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    8 years ago 12/18/2015 10:51am EST

    It's a good time to be a Star Wars fan with the new movie out. The following article clearly reveals it's harder to be a big fan than Nick Arciniaga.http://www.latrials2016.com/race/trials-blog/will-the-force-be-with-nick-arciniaga-on-february-13

    multivitamin wrote:

    When “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” comes alive at the Harkins Flagstaff 11 at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Nick Arciniaga will be there.

    Of course, he will already have seen it in 3D at 7 p.m. Thursday, and he’s planning to see it a few more times with his family in California over the holidays. That likely will be just the beginning: He estimates that he’s seen the Original Trilogy—the first three Star Wars movies—at least 100 times.

    And then there are the Expanded Universe series of novels, more than 100 of them—most of which he’s read.

    Can anyone top those figures? Very impressive.

    I wonder if it is a sign 2016 is going to be Nick's year. He needs to summon up his inner Darth Vader and make sure Rupp doens't run the Trials or his Olympic odds just got a lot longer.

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    8 years ago 12/18/2015 11:35am EST
    re: rojo

    rojo wrote:

    It's a good time to be a Star Wars fan with the new movie out. The following article clearly reveals it's harder to be a big fan than Nick Arciniaga.

    http://www.latrials2016.com/race/trials-blog/will-the-force-be-with-nick-arciniaga-on-february-13
    multivitamin wrote:

    When “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” comes alive at the Harkins Flagstaff 11 at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Nick Arciniaga will be there.

    Of course, he will already have seen it in 3D at 7 p.m. Thursday, and he’s planning to see it a few more times with his family in California over the holidays. That likely will be just the beginning: He estimates that he’s seen the Original Trilogy—the first three Star Wars movies—at least 100 times.

    And then there are the Expanded Universe series of novels, more than 100 of them—most of which he’s read.

    Can anyone top those figures? Very impressive.

    I wonder if it is a sign 2016 is going to be Nick's year. He needs to summon up his inner Darth Vader and make sure Rupp doens't run the Trials or his Olympic odds just got a lot longer.

    He won the first ever Star Wars Half Marathon in January.

    http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/01/nick-arciniaga-wins-first-ever-star-wars-half-marathon-weekend-at-the-disneyland-resort/

    I obviously don't know him personally, but he seems like a good dude. Follows back all his fans on Strava, seems humble in interviews.

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    8 years ago 12/18/2015 3:32pm EST
    re: readrun

    Speaking of Star Wars and Nick. The guys over at have at cloud259.com have podcast with Nick out today:

    http://cloud259.com/2015/12/17/episode-43-nick-arciniaga-star-wars-and-the-midi-chlorians/

    On drugs:

    Nick: (at 33:50 mark of podcast) “The system is so corrupt that it’s hard to tell which of your competitors are using drugs. A lot of the time, even in marathoning, I find out people have been caught doing drugs, and they are some of the nicest people I’ve raced against. They are courteous and they talk to you and are friendly. Five years later you find out they’ve been doing drugs for a number of years. There’s no profile for anybody like that.”

    On Star Wars (no spoilers):

    Which Star Wars character would run the fastest marathon?

    Nick: (13:15) “A younger Obi-Wan Kenobi.”

    Who shot first at Mos Eisley:

    Nick: (13:50) “Han shot first! When they redid it to make Greedo shoot before Han, how would a bounty hunter miss Han Solo’s head by that much? Han shot first.”

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